History of high humidity and condensation A two storey town building in Norwich, has a history of high humidity and condensation in a majority of the rooms throughout the building. The building is currently occupied and operating as a dental practice. None of the members of staff had reported suffering any adverse health symptoms, however [...]
Evaluating the extent of water damage and fungal contamination
Flats suffering from water damage Busy London town was home to our next project. Two flats which were part of a large residential building had suffered minor water damage due to a leak from a water supply pipe to a toilet cistern. The incident was reported by the occupants of the flats and the damage [...]
Carrying out a Damp survey in Pembrokeshire
History of long term damp Our most recent project brought us to Pembrokeshire in Wales, where our client owns a dental practice. The dental practice operates from a three storey town building which had been suffering with long term damp issues. These damp issues appear to originate on the external corner of the building in [...]
Finding the root cause of reoccurring rising damp
Dental practice with a history of rising damp Our next client contacted us as their property had a history of long term rising damp. It was our job to then attend the property and conduct an assessment of the indoor air quality and a damp survey in order to find the root cause of the [...]
Damp and Mould investigation in Wiltshire
Assessing the indoor air quality In this article, we discuss our most recent project where we were instructed to carry out an assessment of the indoor air quality in relation to selected biological contaminants. The building we were called to assess was a two storey terraced town building which was built back in the 1970’s [...]
Assessing Indoor air quality in relation to biological and non-biological contaminants
Is indoor air quality contaminated? Most recently we travelled to Somerset where we were asked to carry out an assessment of indoor air quality in relation to selected biological and non-biological contaminants. The property was a residential building which dated back to the 1930’s. The current owners had occupied the property for approximately 13 years. [...]
Damp and mould survey in Wrexham
History of damp within the property Wrexham was home to our next project, where we were asked to carry out a building inspection and damp survey. The property in question is currently being used as a dental practice and has a history of damp problems as far back as 7 years. This leak originated in [...]
Indoor Air Quality assessment and damp survey
Contaminants in the indoor atmosphere In today’s article we discuss a recent project where we conducted an assessment of indoor air quality and a damp survey. Our client contacted us as the occupants of a flat had reported strong damp related odours, these odours were strongest in the master bedroom en-suite. The occupants had also [...]
Conducting a Mould Survey in Selby
History of Mould contamination Selby, North Yorkshire was home to our next project a two-storey residential property with a history of mould contamination. The current owners of the property had occupied the property for approximately 3 months, when they reported mould growth to the skirting boards in the storage cupboard located under the stairs. They [...]
Mould investigation in Newark
History of long term mould An owner of a respectable dental firm contacted us and requested us to carry out a mould investigation at their Newark branch. The building has a long term mould problem in the attic, our client tasked us with evaluating the extent of the mould contamination and using the results to [...]